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when do we use sqrt(pq/n) sqrt[pq/(n-1)] sqrt(npq)
sigma/sqrt( n) sigma/sqrt(n-1)? can someone illustrate
to me the big picture? im confused with which formulae
to use.



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Wed Apr 5, 2006 1:44 am

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when do we use sqrt(pq/n) sqrt[pq/(n-1)] sqrt(npq) sigma/sqrt( n) sigma/sqrt(n-1)? can someone illustrate to me the big picture? im confused with which...
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sqrt(pq/n-1) is the unbiased estimate of the standard deviation of a sample proportion from a binomial distributon. see ...
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